Progress M-61 approaching the ISS.
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2007-033A  |
| SATCAT no. | 32001 |
| Mission duration | 173 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 361 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2 August 2007, 17:33:47 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 22 January 2008, 19:51 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 336 km |
| Apogee altitude | 347 km |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 91.4 minutes |
| Epoch | 2 August 2007 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 5 August 2007, 18:40 UTC |
| Undocking date | 22 December 2007, 03:59 UTC |
| Time docked | 139 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2300 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply
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Progress M-61 (Russian: Прогресс М-61), identified by NASAasProgress 26P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 361.
Progress M-61 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 17:33:47 UTC on 2 August 2007.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 UTC on 5 August 2007.[2] It remained docked for almost 139 days before undocking at 03:59 UTC on 22 December 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted technological experiments and research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a month prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:06 UTC on 22 January 2008.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:51 UTC.[4][5]
Progress M-61 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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